ESSAY: GLOBAL HEALTH

Assessment 2

Global Health

Develop a 6 page, APA-formatted article on a global health topic for publication.  Describe the factors that impact health and health care delivery, and the interventions that have been implemented.  Explain the influence of altruism on global health, and identify evidence-based interventions to address the global health topic.

The overall wealth of a country often influences the country’s level of accessible health care and, ultimately, the health of the country’s citizens.  However, developed countries often face similar public health issues as developing and middle-income countries.  For example, HIV and AIDS are major public health concerns in both the United States and in many less developed sub-Saharan African countries.  Through collaboration, research, and direct care, community/public health nurses can provide expertise and leadership in international health issues (Maurer & Smith, 2013).  Understanding the processes involved in caring for populations provides the foundation for collaborative practices in international nursing care.

Reference

Maurer, F. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). Community/Public health nursing practice: Health for families and populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: W. B. Saunders.

Resources

Martin, P., Duffy, T., Johnston, B., Banks, P., Harkess-Murphy, E., & Martin, C. R. (2013). Family health nursing: A response to the global health challenges. Journal of Family Nursing, 19(1), 99–118.

Birbeck, G. (2013). Medicine for global health: Can “simple interventions” improve the worldwide burden of disease? BMC Medicine, 11(72), 1–3.

Kana, M. A., Doctor, H. V., Peleteiro, B., Lunet, N., & Barros, H. (2015). Maternal and child health interventions in Nigeria: A systematic review of published studies from 1990 to 2014. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1–12.

Maurer, F. A., & Smith, C. M. (2013). Community/public health nursing practice: Health for families and populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: W. B. Saunders.

Chapters 5, 7, and 8.

Global Health Topics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/

Preparation

I chose maternal health but if you feel more comfortable writing about another topic, feel free to do so.

Suppose you have been asked to submit an article for publication in your organization’s newsletter, about a global health topic and how policies and practices at the local level can affect global health.  Choose one global health topic from the list (or use another of your choice):

Mental health.

Communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, influenza, malaria, tuberculosis).

Non-communicable diseases (cancer, lung, and heart disease).

Maternal and child health (prenatal care, midwife education, childhood vaccinations).

LGBT health.

Disabilities.

Global water supply and safety (GlobalHealth.gov, n.d.).

Look for very recent peer-reviewed articles, statistics, and professional nursing information on the global health topic you selected.

Requirements

For this assessment, develop an APA-formatted research review article that covers one global health topic of your choice.  

In this assessment:

1.  Identify your topic.

2.  Provide background information and statistics on the topic, including the global areas most affected by the topic and the types of health care issues most often associated with the topic.

3.  Describe the factors that impact health and health care delivery in the global areas most affected by the topic you selected.  These factors may include not only culture and tradition, but also politics, economics, and social attitude.

4.  Explain the influence of altruistic organizations (Peace Corps, Project Hope, religious and non-religious missions, and so on) on health and health care practices in the global area specifically associated with the topic.

5.  Describe the interventions implemented to address the health care issues associated with the topic.  Include both conventional and unconventional interventions.

6.  Explain how the health care decisions and practices at the local level (the area most impacted by the topic) relate to health and health care delivery in other global areas.  This is not limited only to best practices, but could include poor health care decisions and practices.

Identify evidence-based interventions that are effective, efficient, cost-effective, and equitable for promoting wellness and disease prevention in the specific area and population.

Additional Requirements

Complete your assessment using the following specifications:

Title page and reference page.

Number of pages: 6 (not  including the title and reference pages).

At least 3 current scholarly or professional resources.

APA format for citations and references.

Times New Roman font, 12-point, double-spaced.

Scoring Guide (What the professor is looking for within the assignment for grading purposes.)

1.  Describes the factors that impact health and health care delivery associated with a global health issue, showing an in-depth understanding of the relationship between a variety of factors and the quality of health care.

2.  Explains the influence of altruistic organizations on health and health care practices associated with a global health care issue, and considers the likely outcomes of being without the aid of the organizations.

3.  Explains how health care decisions and practices at a local level relate to health and health care delivery on a global scale, using relevant real-world examples.

4.  Describes interventions implemented to address a global health care issue, and includes both conventional and unconventional interventions.

5.  Recommends evidence-based interventions to promote wellness and disease prevention associated with a global health care issue.

6.  Provides well-sourced background information and statistics on a global health care issue, and identifies likely causes of the health care issue.

7.  Writes clearly and logically with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.

8.  Correctly formats paper, citations, and references, using current APA style with no errors.

ANSWER

Maternal and Child Health

Introduction

Global health in this context is used to refer to a health issue that has a direct impact on the population. There is a wide range of global issues which relates to ill-defined intersections between environmental health, bioethics, anthropology, veterinary medicine, political science, economics, and health services research (Birbeck, 2013). Current research has placed more emphasis on the challenges associated with global health delivery and public health improvements in the global setting that has limited resources (Birbeck, 2013). With the increasing concern of global healthcare, this paper focuses on maternal and child health with a special focus on childhood vaccination, midwife education, and prenatal care.  

Background Information and Statistics Recent years has seen an increasing research on global health not only from the general public but also among the academic community. Maternal and health care (MCH) is a critical health care service that is provided to mothers who in this case are at the age of childbearing, the service is extended to their children mostly in terms of vaccination. MCH targets women at their reproductive age, which is cited to range between 15 to 49 years (Dykens, Hedrick, Ndiaye & Linn, 2014). Increased cases of adverse maternal and child health results from poor accessibility to prenatal and antenatal care, inequities in access to health services, and poverty. According to WHO (2018), almost 99 percent of all maternal and child deaths occur in developing nations. WHO also noted that at least 50 percent of these deaths are reported in sub-Saharan Africa and one third in South Asia (WHO, 2018). In addition, most…